Shadowland Stages 2026-27 Season Equity Principal Actors - Shadowland Theatre Auditions

SHADOWLAND STAGES 2026-27 SEASON - ELLENVILLE, NY EPA

Shadowland Artists Inc. | Ellenville, NY

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AUDITION DATE

Sunday, May 3, 2026

LOCATION

Shadowland Theatre
157 Canal St
Ellenville, NY 12428-1503

TIME

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)

DOORS OPEN: 9:30 AM
BREAK: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

PERSONNEL

See breakdown for production-specific personnel.

APPOINTMENTS

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
No appointments necessary. First come, first served.
Brendan Burke, Artistic Director.

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production-specific dates.

CONTRACT

SPT: $482 weekly minimum (SPT 4)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Shadowland Stages 2026 Season (see breakdown). An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

PREPARATION

For dramatic auditions, please prepare a brief monologue. For musical auditions, please prepare a brief song. An accompanist will be provided. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

BREAKDOWN

SHADOWLAND STAGES 2026 SEASON

THE RESERVOIR

by Jake Brasch.
Director: Stephen Nachamie.
1st rehearsal May 12, 2026; Runs May 29 – June 14, 2026

SEEKING:

• JOSH – (He/Him, 20s) Drama student, who’s a drunk on medical leave from NYU. Struggling to make sense of the world and the noise in his head. Good humored, hopeful.
• BEV – (She/Her, 60’s-70’s) A loving but no-nonsense Jewish woman. Tough as nails, endlessly curious, relentless, and full of surprises. The moral and spiritual center of the play.
• SHRIMPY – (He/Him, 60’s-70’s) A Brooklyite Jewish jokester with a huge heart, and ‘game’. He manages to be both unacceptably filthy and somehow endearing.
• HANK – (He/Him, 60’s-70’s) A conservative Nebraskan Evangelical with traditional views. He’s a loving husband and grandpa, but has limited patience with Josh’s plight.
• IRENE – (She/Her, 60’s-70’s) The sweetest Midwestern grandma in the whole wide world. Josh's favorite as a kiddo. Former singer and church pianist. Effortlessly emanates warmth and love. Sings.
• PATRICIA - (She/Her, 40’s-50’s) Josh's Mom. Hurt and angered by Josh’s recent behavior, but at her core, a mom who just wants to be loving and goofy again. Has comic chops, vulnerability, and finesse. (Doubles as JEANETTE MCFOLLY, LENNI, DARLENE, and RABBI SILVER)
• HUGO – (He/Him, 30’s-40’s) A long-time bookstore manager. Desperately believes in books and the store. Reserved...until he isn't. Has the ability to transform, comic chops, and finesse. (Doubles as TAYLOR, YAAKOV STERN, COUNSELOR RICK) Any ethnicity.

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS

by Mark Brown.
Director: Brendan Burke.
1st rehearsal: June 2, 2026. Runs June 19-July 12, 2026.

SEEKING:

• TRACK 1: (Any gender; any ethnicity; 30’s-50’s.) Plays 15+ characters including Gauthier Ralph, British Consul, Director of Police, Priest, Sir Francis, Bunsby, Mudge, Speedy, and others. Seeking an inventive comic actor great with dialects and physicality; strong comic energy.
• TRACK 2: (Any gender; any ethnicity; 40’s-60’s.) Plays several characters, primarily Detective Fix: a comically inept Sherlock Holmes type; a scheming, pompous Scotland Yard detective who outwits himself at every turn.
• TRACK 3: (Any gender; any ethnicity; 20’s-40’s.) Primarily plays Passepartout, Fogg's comedic, idealistic, resourceful and enthusiastic manservant/sidekick; strong comedic actor with French dialect.
• TRACK 4: (She/Her; South Asian. 20’s-40’s.) Primarily plays Aouda: an Indian princess; docile and endearing with a strong mind and wit; headstrong and resilient; falls in love with Fogg and he with her.
• TRACK 5: (He/Him; 40’s-60.) Phileas Fogg, a London gentleman circumnavigating the globe in 80 days; a wealthy Englishman and gentleman, an adventurer, cool, calm, intelligent, and stalwart.

BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS

By Neil Simon.
Director: Brendan Burke.
1st rehearsal: June 30, 2026. Runs July 17 – August 9, 2026.

SEEKING:

• EUGENE JEROME: (He/Him; 14-16.) The protagonist and narrator. Precocious, obsessed with baseball and girls, and going through puberty while navigating a crowded, lower-middle-class household.
• KATE JEROME: (She/Her; 40’s.) Eugene's mother. The practical, overworked, and family-oriented matriarch who keeps the household together.
• JACK JEROME: (He/Him; 40’s-50’s.) Eugene's father. A hardworking, tired, and patient man holding the extended family together by working two jobs.
• STANLEY JEROME: (He/Him; 18-20.) Eugene's older brother. Caring but impulsive, he works a factory job to support the family and struggles with growing up.
• BLANCHE JEROME: (She/Her; 30’s-40’s.) Kate's widowed sister. Struggling to be the parent of her two daughters, and dependent upon Jack and Kate.
• NORA MORTON: (She/Her; 18.) Blanche's eldest daughter. Beautiful and ambitious, she dreams of performing on Broadway, causing tension in the house.
• LAURIE: (She/Her; 13-15.) Blanche's younger daughter. Studious, pampered, and sometimes uses a heart flutter to avoid chores. Will be cast locally.

NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - THE 70’S BEEHIVE MUSICAL

Book by Fred Stuart.
Arrangements, Orchestration by George Luton.
Director: Brittany Proia.
Musical Director: Nathan Perry
1st rehearsal: July 28, 2026.
Runs August 14 – September 13, 2026.

SEEKING:

• ALISON: (She/Her; 20’s-50’s; Any ethnicity.) Eb3-C6
• JASMINE: (She/Her; 20’s-50’s; Black.) Eb3-A5
• PATTIE: (She/Her; 20’s-50’s; Any ethnicity.) E3-G5
• LAURA: (She/Her; 20’s-50’s; Any ethnicity.) D3-G5
• WANDA: (She/Her; 20’s-50’s; Any ethnicity.) E3-F#5
• GINA: (She/Her; 20’s-50’s; Black.) D3-F#5

LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR & GRILL

by Lanie Robertson.
Director: TBA
1st rehearsal: September 1, 2026.
Runs September 18 – October 4, 2026.

SEEKING:

• BILLIE HOLIDAY: (She/Her; 44; Black) The late great jazz singer in the last year of her life.
• JIMMY POWERS: (He/Him; 30’s-70’s; Any ethnicity.) Billie Holiday's devoted pianist, confidant, and accompanist. Seeking expert piano player.

FLAWLESS

by John J. Wooten
Director: Joe Brancato
1st rehearsal: September 29, 2026. Runs October 9 – 25, 2026.

NOTE: THIS SHOW IS CAST.

SEEKING

REPLACEMENTS IF NEEDED.

SEEKING:

• FRANK (CAST): (He/Him; 50. Any ethnicity.) Charming and witty professor, has missed his opportunity for commercial success as a playwright.
• TESS (CAST): (She/Her; 30. Any ethnicity.) Beautiful, cunning, determined to be a success in everyone's eyes.
• PERCY (CAST): (Any age, any gender, any ethnicity.) A new form of playwright.